Keld Helmer-Petersen: Black Light

Keld Helmer-Petersen was a Danish photographer who was recognised in the 1940s and 1950s for his abstract colour photographs. In his book (Black light) he considered the space around us and the world we live in through abstract an contrasting images.

Images made up of prints, drawings, objects, bits and pieces. The third in a series of three books

I used Photoshop to create bold and contrasting images inspired by Helmer-Petersens’ work from Black Light. To accomplish this I used the threshold tool and changed the lighting and shadowing of the images below.

My response: